Ed, how you doin’? I’m calling about the editorial by Jeff Edelstein. He’s saying $9.50 an hour’s not a horrible wage. But by 2011, what’s $9.50 an hour gonna be? Similar to minimum wage now? With the ever-increasing taxes, the cost of everything, the food, just living in general, or I should say “existing” for us working poor. Gotta use your head. Bye.

Working Poor

For supporting a family, $9.50 in 2011 is dirt. But let’s face it, some of these 16-year-old dopes working their first jobs aren’t worth half that. I was in a shoe store the other day and couldn’t get the two slumped-over pimple-faced nimrods to disengage from flirting with the two not-even-that-attractive girls who walked in long enough to tell me whether they “have this in a ten and a half.” Those kids, my friend, are not worth $9.50.—Ed. Not